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Dec 10, 2020 · Knock on Any Door (1949) and The Young Savages (1961) each investigate a gang-related murder in a crime-ridden NYC slum. In each, the central character seeking truth & justice is someone who grew up in the slum, but managed to “roll with the punches” [Randy Newman, 1988] so that, instead of spiraling down into a life of crime, becomes a lawyer
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Oct 3, 2018 · In 1955, director Nicholas Ray had a vision of a film about juvenile delinquents unlike any other in the subgenre. Rather than focusing on poor kids from an inner city, he envisioned a Romeo and ...
Nicholas Ray, orig. Raymond Nicholas Kienzle, (born Aug. 7, 1911, Galesville, Wis., U.S.—died June 16, 1979, New York, N.Y.), U.S. film director.He studied ...
Apr 17, 2014 · Don’t forget about (Nicholas) Ray. Rebel without a Cause remains the most enduring legacy of teen icon James Dean, but it’s also merely one of the many brilliant films by Nicholas Ray, who deserves to be better remembered for his deeply felt dramas about outsiders and loners.
Nicholas Ray was born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle on August 7, 1911, in Galesville, Wisconsin. After briefly attending the University of Chicago in Illinois, he spent several months at Frank Lloyd Wright ’s Taliesin school, where he participated in activities associated with the community’s playhouse and studied architecture.
Jul 12, 2011 · In Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director, Patrick McGilligan offers a revelatory biography of Ray, a man whose troubled life was marked by creative peaks and valleys alike. As a young man, Ray personified the rambling spirit of twentieth-century America, learning from luminaries like Thornton Wilder and Frank Lloyd Wright; mingling with future legends like Elia Kazan, Joseph Losey, and John Houseman; and carousing with musicians like Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie.
